Another Unknown Coral

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  1. Seppish

    Seppish Fire Worm

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    Sorry everyone but I keep finding these things in my tank, and am wondering what they are. This one is on a rock full of mushrooms, and I never really paid a lot of attention to it until today and I think it is some sort of plating coral, but I am unsure. For the longest time I just thought it was a sponge or something but now I can clearly see tentacles coming from it. Any ideas, I could not find anything online or in my books to ID it. I know the genius minds of someone here will now. Thanks ahead of time!
     

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  2. GuitarMan89

    GuitarMan89 Giant Squid

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    Looks kinda like a star polyp to me
     
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  3. silverwolf72

    silverwolf72 Skunk Shrimp

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    Barrel sponge maybe
     
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  4. geekdafied

    geekdafied 3reef Sponsor

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    Some kind of encrusting SPS. I dont remember the name of it.

    EDIT: Look up encrusting psammacora
     
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  6. Seppish

    Seppish Fire Worm

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    its not star polyps and its not a hairy mushroom i know that for sure i do think it is some sort encrusting sps thanks for the help!
     
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  7. {Nano}Reefer

    {Nano}Reefer Dragon Wrasse

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    WHERE ARE YOU GETTING YOUR LIVE ROCK FROM????????????? thats really not fair!! ;D
     
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  8. silverwolf72

    silverwolf72 Skunk Shrimp

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    Is it me or does it look transparent? If it is I would not think it would be a SPS. Just really hard to tell.
     
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  9. getinpora

    getinpora Coral Banded Shrimp

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    hard to tell now please keep us updated
     
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  10. Seppish

    Seppish Fire Worm

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    Sorry guys, Its not transparent the tentacles and "flesh" if you will are almost brown, but the encrusting part is green, its really hard to explain, I wish I could get a better pic. I still have no ID yet and still looking.
     
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